Vanilla Mood

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Vanilla Mood (バニラムード) is a group of idol music performers on the Avex record label in Japan. Their debut mini-album hit stores on February 8, 2006. All four girls play their instrument of choice, Waka on flute, Yui on violin, Mariko on cello, and Keiko on piano.

1 Profiles
2 Discography
- 2.1 CD Single
- 2.2 Mini-Album

[edit] Profiles

Name: Waka
- Birthday: December 09, 1980
- Hometown Kitakyushu city
- Instrument: flute
- Influence: Parents were music lovers, and has loved songs and the piano since a very young age.
- Age started playing: 7 years old
- Idols: Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Miwa Yoshida, Hirose Kami

Name: Keiko
- Birthday: September 28, 1982
- Hometown Hiroshima prefecture
- Instrument: piano
- Influence: Had to go with her sister to music lessons, and began learning that way.
- Age started playing: 4 years old

Name: Mariko
- Birthday: July 14, 1982
- Hometown Kitakyushu city
- Instrument: cello
- Influence: A picture when she was little that she loved dearly had a picture of a bear playing an instrument. Since that age, she has wanted to play.
- Age started playing: 4 years old for the violin and piano. 8 years old for the cello.
- Idols: Turtle Island String Quartet

Name: Yui
- Birthday: October 20, 1982
- Hometown Nagoya city
- Instrument: violin
- Influence: Since her mother played the piano, her aunt began to teach her to play the violin.
- Age started playing: 4 years old
- Idols: Roby Lakatos, Stephane Grappelli, Heifetz, Brahms, Sibelius

Also of note is one "Emilee", sometimes seen playing the violin, but replacing Waka. Emilee is the daughter of Miyamoto Fumiaki, a world renowned oboe player. Now, she is a solo violin player.

Their website is http://www.vanillamood.jp